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2 days ago | 
actionnews5.com | Jerry Askin
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Despite criticism and calls for more police accountability, Memphis Mayor Paul Young says he stands by his decision to be confident in current Police Chief CJ Davis. The latest call for answers happened last week following the acquittal of three former MPD officers in the beating death of Tyre Nichols.
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5 days ago | 
actionnews5.com | Jerry Askin
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Two days after three former cops were acquitted in the death of Tyre Nichols, Action News 5 asked the Memphis Police Department: What has changed since that fatal traffic stop? How is MPD more accountable? We also asked Mayor Paul Young if he’s confident in the current leadership at MPD.
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5 days ago | 
actionnews5.com | Jerry Askin
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6 days ago | 
actionnews5.com | Jerry Askin
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Later this month, for the first time ever, Memphis will host the National Veterans Golden Age Games --a sporting event for veterans, many of them in wheelchairs, who receive healthcare at V.A. facilities. An exciting development as Mid-South vets paralyzed during or after their time in service break ground on a new hub, Just For Them, in Memphis.
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1 week ago | 
wsmv.com | Lydian Coombs |Jerry Askin
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A jury from East Tennessee has reached a unanimous verdict Wednesday afternoon in the state murder trial against three former Memphis police officers accused in the January 2023 traffic stop beating death of Memphis civilian Tyre Nichols. The all-white jury found former officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith not guilty on all seven counts listed in their indictments, including second-degree murder.
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1 week ago | 
actionnews5.com | Lydian Coombs |Jerry Askin
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Verdicts could be made Wednesday in the state murder trial against three former Memphis police officers accused in the January 2023 traffic stop beating death of Memphis civilian Tyre Nichols. Tuesday’s court session ended after about four and a half hours of deliberations. Jurors resumed deciding the codefendants’ fates beginning at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. The jury is made up of a sequestered panel from Hamilton County, which includes Chattanooga.
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1 week ago | 
actionnews5.com | Lydian Coombs |Jerry Askin
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Jury deliberations will resume Wednesday morning in the state murder trial against three former Memphis police officers accused in the January 2023 traffic stop beating death of Memphis civilian Tyre Nichols. Tuesday’s court session ended at 5 p.m. after about four and a half hours of deliberations. The jury is expected to continue deciding the codefendants’ fates beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Action News 5 is streaming this trial live each day.
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1 week ago | 
actionnews5.com | Jerry Askin
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - We’ve seen it time and time again: Organized theft rings targeting businesses across Memphis then re-selling their loot online. Now, a new collaboration of crime fighters is working with a new law to put the smackdown on shoplifters. So many smash-and-grab scenes have Memphis store owners seeing red. “Very frustrating. It was money out of my pocket,” said Josh Hammond, who co-owns Buster’s Liquors and Wines. “After our third break in, we ate the whole thing.
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1 week ago | 
actionnews5.com | Lydian Coombs |Jerry Askin
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Closing arguments are expected to continue Tuesday in the state murder trial against three former Memphis police officers accused in the January 2023 traffic stop beating death of Memphis civilian Tyre Nichols. Action News 5 is streaming this trial live each day. Monday concluded with final arguments from state prosecutors along with counsel for former officer Tadarrius Bean.
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1 week ago | 
wlox.com | Lydian Coombs |Jerry Askin
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The defense for all three former Memphis police officers accused in the January 2023 traffic stop beating death of Memphis civilian Tyre Nichols have rested their cases on Day 6 of the state murder trial. Attorneys called 17 witnesses total, more than triple the number of witnesses the prosecution called to testify. The former officers on trial chose not to testify in their own defense. Closing arguments are expected Monday, marking trial Day 7.
